World's Most Popular Doctors

Medicine is one field which has always surprised me. Its world, its instruments and the people who do the much-needed job to save humanity. Health care is one field many people look up to with respect. When you generally see health care professionals you automatically think of a life saver who is not less than God. We all give them a special honor and of course who can forget the famous doctors who perform the complicated health surgeries which often save lives. Today the job of a modern doctor is considered easy. Doctors used to perform complicated surgeries with their own hands. Here I enlisted some accomplished doctors.

World's Most Popular Doctors

Jonas Salk
This miracle man was born in New York City and was the son of Jewish Russian immigrants. He studied microbiology at NYU's School of Medicine, where he worked hard to develop the vaccine for influenza. In 1947 he started teaching at the University of Pittsburgh, where he developed the polio vaccine. Although many doctors had tried to develop the polio vaccine earlier, Dr. Salk was the first one to achieve success. Globally known as the polio vaccine developer, Dr. Salk is one of the most well-known doctors in the entire United States.

Charles Horace Mayo
One of the most famous American doctors, Charles Horace Mayo was one of the founders of the world's most famous medical clinic; Mayo Clinics. Mayo Clinic is a globally known non-profit medical organization which has its headquarters in Rochester, Minnesota. With his brother William James Mayo he was one of the pioneers in making sure modern medicine was available to the one in need.

Benjamin Spock
Dr. Spock is credited for sparking a revolution of confidence among the moms of the United States. His book " Baby and Child Care" is one of the best-selling books of all time. With this book he taught mothers to believe in themselves and not in doctors who claimed that a medical professional was the best judge of their child's well-being. Dr. Spock was one of the first pediatrician to understand the psychoanalysis of children, their needs and the overall family dynamics. After many years of observing discipline enforced on kids and child rearing, Dr. Spock's theory that parents should be more affectionate towards their children and treat them like responsible people were path breaking, no matter how simple and obvious this process seems today.

Michael Crichton
This doctor is also a famous author and has penned bestselling books like " Jurrasic Park", " Congo" and " Sphere". Dr. Crichton started writing books when he was a medical student in Harvard. He completed his M. D. in 1969 and completed his post doctoral studies from the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, in California. His study and interest in medical studies have been the foundation for many of his novels which usually revolve around science and technology.

Emil Theodor Kocher
One of the most famous doctors in the history of medicine, Emil Theodor Kocher was awarded the Nobel Prize for his work involving the thyroid gland. He was a marvelous researcher and wrote many journals on antiseptic treatments, surgical infectious diseases and gunshot wounds. He also did meaningful research in the fields of strangulated hernia and abdominal surgery. There are many surgical instruments named after Kocher. The famous Kocher-Debre-Semelaigne syndrome is also named after him.

Frederick Banting
This name is in the prayers of millions of people, Frederick Banting was the co-founder to discover the use of insulin for the treatment for diabetes. In 1932 Banting and his partner Dr. Macleod received the Nobel Prize for their hard work in the field of medicine.

I think most of us consider our family physician famous because he/she is famous around the neighborhood. Well this list of famous doctors is a little different, the names mentioned over here are globally known because of their extensive research and hard work in the field of medicine.